Specifically, the Committee would welcome your response to the following(1) –
The clear consensus within the evidence which the Committee received that UKIMA places more emphasis on open trade than regulatory autonomy compared to the EU single market;
The animal protection charity, Onekind’s view that UKIMA “undermines devolution and will limit the ability to the Scottish Parliament and Government to improve farmed animal welfare standards”;
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems’ view that UKIMA “could create risks for the integrity of the existing devolution settlement”;
Professor Armstrong’s view that the Act “places too much emphasis on market liberalisation over local rights...